The Bessie Ann Canning Trust

Analysis

The Bessie Ann Canning Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in November 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Bessie Ann Canning Trust reported income of £21k and spending of £26k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £6,529 to £21k (+229%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 148%. Over the whole period it spent 156% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Bessie Ann Canning Trust sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wiltshire Police Benevolent Trust (£21k), Living Lights Christian Outreach (£22k) and Sheviock Memorial Hall (£21k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.